United States Of America
The United States Of America
Label ©  Sundazed Music Inc.
Release Year  1968
Length  37:12
Genre  Psychedelic
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  U-0001
Bitrate  192 Kbps
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 The American Metaphysical Circus   (Joseph Byrd) 
       5:00  
      2.  
      		 Hard Coming Love   (Dorothy Moskowitz, Joseph Byrd) 
       4:47  
      3.  
      		 Cloud Song   (Joseph Byrd, Dorothy Moskowitz (words inspired by Pooh)) 
       3:14  
      4.  
      		 The Garden Of Earthly Delights   (Joseph Byrd, Dorothy Moskowitz) 
       2:39  
      5.  
      		 I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar   (Joseph Byrd, Dorothy Moskowitz) 
       3:54  
      6.  
      		 Where Is Yesterday   (Gordon Marron, Ed Bogas, Dorothy Moskowitz) 
       3:07  
      7.  
      		 Coming Down   (Joseph Byrd, Dorothy Moskowitz) 
       2:37  
      8.  
      		 Love Song For The Dead Che   (Joseph Byrd) 
       3:27  
      9.  
      		 Stranded In Time   (Gordon Marron, Ed Bogas) 
       1:49  
      10.  
      		 The American Way Of Love   (Joseph Byrd) 
       6:38  
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      Originally released on Columbia in 1968, this is one of the legendary pure psychedelic space records. Some of the harder rocking tunes have a fun-house recklessness that recalls aspects of early Pink Floyd and the Velvet Underground at their freakiest; the sedate, exquisitely orchestrated ballads, especially "Cloud Song" and the wonderfully titled "Love Song for the Dead Che," are among the best relics of dreamy psychedelia. Occasionally things get too excessive and self-conscious, and the attempts at comedy are a bit flat, but otherwise this is a near classic. The 1992 CD reissue adds two previously unreleased outtakes.
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